“UPMC CEO Leslie Davis recently met with Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, bringing together leadership from Western Pennsylvania’s largest health system and the agency overseeing critical government insurance programs.
The two discussed UPMC’s efforts to roll out new technology, fast-track medical innovations and strengthen community-based care, Davis said in a LinkedIn post Tuesday.
“When the federal government and health systems work together, it opens the door to more sustainable approaches for care,” Davis said. “We’re collaborating to create programs that deliver meaningful, measurable results.”…
Leadership from Highmark, another giant in the sector, has met with Oz on several occasions.
In June, Highmark CEO David Holmberg and a handful of other health care executives sat down with Oz and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss prior authorization reform.
More than 50 insurers agreed at the time to slim down and speed up the process by which they vet some of the most complex and costly claims. Highmark was among them; UPMC was not.”
Dr. Oz, who runs Medicare and Medicaid, meets with UPMC’s CEO to discuss collaboration